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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The world has changed - State Schools are harder to get into. Who would've thought VA Tech and UVA is not where a good percentage of a VA HS went to.

The hard to get into schools of ole days are not that hard: I was surprised to see Rensselaer is like 60% it was 20-30% just 10 - 15 years ago. Vassar is getting dragged through the mud on this forum - that used to be hard to get into.

And easier schools are now hard: Swarthmore.why? besides the dukakis bump  - anything else?

Some are severely under valued. 
 if Bryn Mawr College has a 98% medical school acceptance rate - why is the acceptance rate to the college only 33%. I thought medical school as impossible to get into these days. If my kid said medical school - I'm thinking this school for Bachelors. https://www.brynmawr.edu/postbac/about-program/director#:~:text=Our%20graduates%27%20history%20of%20success,rate%20consistently%20exceeds%2098%20percent.

Feel like we are in a college bubble - why apply to xyz? because everyone else is and no one will respect you if you don't go there. And one day - all the single digit acceptance colleges will drop to double digits. Investment devalued. See Rensselaer.[/quote]

As far as I can tell, it's harder to get in everywhere.  Vassar was never hard to get into.  When I graduated HS 30 years ago, Vassar was barely above a safety.  UVa was pretty hard, but not nearly as difficult as it is now (even though its ranking has dropped), and RPI was also not as difficult as it is now.  UCLA was considered a safety back then, and now it's top 30.  I can't think of any school that is actually easier to get into than it was 25 years ago.  [/quote]

Not sure what you are talking about:

RPI got easier to get into: https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/trends/rensselaer-polytechnic-institute/admission/ and 30years ago it was harder. I remember I applied and got in.

UVA 30yrs ago you needed a 3.5 and barely above JMU. UVA was the safety school for

If Vassar is your safety you are doing good - https://www.discoursemagazine.com/p/harvards-big-mistake-it-keeps-telling-its-students-theyre-special 
Vassar worse was 26%

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